Carrying case for a nurse&#39;s cap



1965 c. o. TROTMAN ETAL 3,168,191

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CARRYING CASE FOR A NURSES CAP Filed March 19, 1963 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS CLARENCE 0. TFfiIMAIV PATRICIA P. TROTMAN ATTORNEX United States Patent 3,168,191 CARRYING CASE FOR A NURSES CAP Clarence 0. Trotman and Patricia P. Trotman, both of 129 Pearl St., Waterbury, Conn. Filed Mar. 19, 1963, Ser. No. 266,447 2 Claims. (Cl. 2068) This invention relates to nurses cap carrying cases, and more particularly to a two-part case comprising an inner receptacle for supporting the cap and an outer box or case for carrying the receptacle and cap.

It is the general object of the invention to provide a device of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, compact, ornamental in appearance, and which will protect a nurses cap from becoming soiled and wrinkled while being stored or carried.

With these and other objects in view there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawings, one form in which the invention may conveniently be embodied in practice.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 represents a front view of the nurses cap receptacle with a nurses cap shown above it prior to being moved downwardly upon an inverted U-shaped wire holder.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same, with the nurses cap shown in position in the receptacle.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view, taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of FIG .1, showing how the outturned lower ends of the U-shaped wire holder are held pivotally in position between the upper and lower sections of the receptacle base platform.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view, on a smaller scale, of the fully assembled case of this invention.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral indicates a nurses cap constructed of starched white folded fabric, said cap having a pair of front buttons 11 and 12 of the usual type. The nurses cap 10 has a folded rear bottom section 13 and a pair of folded bottom end flaps 13a and 13b. It also contains a folded top section 14 and a downwardly extending strip 15.

The numerals 16 and 17 indicate respectively the upper and lower plies of a horizontal double ply receptacle base platform of cardboard, plastic or other suitably stiff material, upon which is pivotally supported an inverted U-shaped wire cap holder 18 having a convex top 19 and a pair of upwardly diverging legs 20, 21 provided with outturned bottom ends 22, 23.

The convex top 19 of said wire holder 18 is adapted to support the folded top section 14 of the nurses cap 10. The outturned bottom ends 22, 23 of the wire holder 18 are adapted to be inserted through a pair of apertures 24, 25 in the top section 16 of the double platform of the cap receptacle to pivotally support the holder 18 so that it will rest against a vertical wall (to be described) as shown in FIG. 3 to prevent the starched cap held thereon from collapsing and becoming wrinkled.

The cap receptacle also includes a rear vertical wall 26 and a pair of forwardly diverging vertical end Walls 27, 28 secured to the top section 16 of the base platform which cooperate to define an open top partial enclosure for the cap The numeral 31 indicates a pull tab member secured to the top section 16 of the platform at the forward end of the receptacle and it will be seen that the wall 27 is spaced from said end.

The letter N indicates a name plate located on the top of an elongated rectangular box or case B which completes the cap enclosure and within which the receptacle and enclosed cap may be stored and carried. The box B also has a square detachable cover 32 and a hanging cord C (FIG. 5).

One advantage of the present invention is that the improved case herein disclosed is adapted to store and protect various types and styles of nurses cap from wrinkling when not being worn.

It will be understood that the nurses cap receptacle and box may be covered with any suitable water and stain repellent material and made in any desired color and shape, depending upon the school from which the nurse was graduated.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it will be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not limited to this specific disclosure, but may be modified and embodied in various other equivalent forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent is:

1. A carrying case for a nurses cap including a receptacle made of cardboard or the like and comprising a double ply base having the upper ply thereof provided with a pair of spaced apart apertures, upstanding Walls on said base spaced from at least one edge thereof to define at least a partial open top enclosure on the base around the apertures therein, an inverted U-shaped wire having outwardly flared ends pivotally engaged in said apertures between the base plies so that the upper portion thereof can move toward one of said walls, the said Wire being of suflicient height to rest against said one wall so as not to lie flat against the base when pivoted toward said one wall, whereby the said wire provides a hanger and holder for a nurses cap, a nurses cap positioned on said inverted U-shaped wire and engaging said one wall with the said wire pivoted toward the said wall, whereby the Wire holds the cap within the enclosure in a generally erect condition to prevent its wrinkling and collapse against the base, and a box open at one side to receive the said receptacle with the nurses cap therein to complete the enclosure around the cap and to close the top thereof for protection of the cap, the receptacle being insertable within the box with the said one edge thereof exposed to provide a grip for facilitating removal of the receptacle.

2. A carrying case for a nurses cap including a receptacle made of cardboard or the like and comprising a rectangular double ply base having the upper ply thereof provided with a pair of apertures which are longitudinally spaced apart on the base, upstanding walls on said base spaced from one end thereof and defining an enclosure around the apertures on three sides of the base but open at the top and at one longitudinal edge of the base, an inverted U-shaped wire having outwardly flared ends pivotally engaged in said apertures between the basic plies so that the upper portion thereof can move toward one of said walls, the said wire being of sufiicient height to lean against said one wall and not to lie flat against the base when pivoted toward said one wall, whereby the wire provides a hanger and holder for a nurses cap, a nurses cap positioned on said inverted U-shaped wire and engaging said one wall with the wire pivoted toward said wall, whereby the wire holds the cap within the enclosure in a generally erect position to prevent its wrinkling and collapse against the base, a generally rectangular elongated box open at one end to receive the recepatcle with the nurses cap therein and to close the top and open side References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 485,975 Newman Nov. 8, 1892 519,210 Gorder May 1, 1-894 930,420 Seward Aug. 10, 1909 958,070

Aubuchon May 17, 1910 4 Fisher Aug. 29, 1911 Fechner Aug. 14, 1917 Van Dyke Nov. 26, 1929 Bruer Dec. 9, 1930 Hildreth Jan. 6, 1931 Andrews Jan. 17, 1933 Cassese May 29, 1934 Payne Dec. 17, 1940 Kaufman Feb. 29, 1944 Cunningham Feb. 7,' 1950 Gronemeyer May 29, 1962 Struble Oct. 16, 1962 

1. A CARRYING CASE FOR A NURSE''S CAP INCLUDING A RECEPTACLE MADE OF CARDBOARD OR THE LIKE AND COMPRISING A DOUBLE PLY BASE HAVING THE UPPER PLY THEREOF PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF SPACED APART APERTURES, UPSTANDING WALLS ON SAID BASE SPACED FROM AT LEAST ONE EDGE THEREOF TO DEFINE AT LEAST A PARTIAL OPEN TOP ENCLOSURE ON THE BASE AROUND THE APERTURES THEREIN, AN INVERTED U-SHAPED WIRE HAVING OUTWARDLY FLARED ENDS PIVOTALLY ENGAGED IN SAID APERTURES BETWEEN THE BASE PLIES SO THAT THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF CAN MOVE TOWARD ONE OF SAID WALLS, THE SAID WIRE BEING OF SUFFICIENT HEIGHT TO REST AGAINST SAID ONE WALL SO AS NOT TO LIE FLAT AGAINST THE BASE WHEN PIVOTED TOWARD SAID ONE WALL, WHEREBY THE SAID WIRE PROVIDES A HANGER AND HOLDER FOR A NURSE''S CAP, A NURSE''S CAP POSITIONED ON SAID INVERTED U-SHAPED WIRE AND ENGAGING SAID ONE WALL WITH THE SAID WIRE PIVOTED TOWARD THE SAID WALL, WHEREBY THE WIRE HOLDS THE CAP WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE IN A GENERALLY ERECT CONDITION TO PREVENT ITS WRINKLING AND COLLAPSE 